Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/96641 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2013-20
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Abstract: 
This paper develops an econometric model of industry dynamics for concentrated markets that can be estimated very quickly from market-level panel data on the number of producers and consumers using a nested fixed-point algorithm. We show that the model has an essentially unique symmetric Markov-perfect equilibrium that can be calculated from the fixed points of a finite sequence of low-dimensional contraction mappings. Our nested fixed point procedure extends Rust's (1987) to account for the observable implications of mixed strategies on survival. We illustrate the model's empirical application with ten years of County Business Patterns data from the Motion Picture Theaters industry in 573 Micropolitan Statistical Areas. The results are suggestive of fierce competition between theaters in the market for film exhibition rights.
Subjects: 
demand uncertainty
dynamic oligopoly
fiem entry and exit
Markov-perfect equilibrium
nested fixed point estimator
sunk costs
toughness of competition
JEL: 
L13
C25
C73
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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